Definition
Metal vessels with spouts and handles used for boiling water. Can also refer to enclosed depressions in landscapes formed by glacial action.
Etymology
From Old Norse 'ketill', related to Latin 'catillus' meaning 'small bowl'. The word traveled through Germanic languages and entered English around 1200, originally referring to any large cooking pot before specializing to water-boiling vessels.
Kelly Says
The geological meaning of 'kettle' comes from the resemblance of glacial depressions to inverted cooking kettles. These kettle lakes form when huge blocks of ice get buried in glacial sediment, then melt, leaving behind perfectly round ponds that dot the landscape like giant's cookware.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ብረት ባለቦት
breh-t bah-leh-boht
CACatalà
bullidor
boo-yee-dohr
CSČeština
konvice
koh-n-vee-tseh
DADansk
vandkedler
VAHN-ked-ler
DEDeutsch
Wasserkessel
VAH-ser keh-sel
ELΕλληνικά
βραστήρες
vrah-steh-rehs
ESEspañol
teteras
teh-TEH-rah-s
FRFrançais
bouilloires
boo-ywahr
HEעברית
קומקומים
kum-kum-im
HUMagyar
vízforraló
veez-for-rah-loh
IDBahasa Indonesia
teko
teh-koh
ITItaliano
bollitori
boh-lee-TOH-ree
KKKK
су ыдысы
soo ih-deh-sih
MSBahasa Melayu
teko
teh-koh
NLNederlands
waterkokers
VAH-ter koh-kers
NONorsk
vannkoker
VAHN-koh-ker
PLPolski
czajniki
chay-nee-kee
PTPortuguês
chaleiras
shah-LEH-rah-s
RORomână
ceainice
chay-nee-tseh
RUРусский
чайники
chay-ni-kee
SVSvenska
vattenkokare
VAH-ten koh-kah-reh
TAதமிழ்
தேநீர் வாயில்
theh-neer vayil
TEతెలుగు
నీటి కుండ
nee-tee kundaa
TLTL
kaldero
kahl-deh-roh
TRTürkçe
çaydanlıklar
chay-dahn-luh-kul
UKУкраїнська
чайники
chay-ni-kee